The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said on Monday that the death toll from a suicide bombing that occurred at an education centre in the Afghan capital last week had increased to at least 43.
In a Kabul neighbourhood that has long persecuted the Hazara population, a suicide bomber detonated himself Friday while standing close to female students in a gender-segregated study hall.
43 fatalities, 83 people were injured. The majority of deaths were young girls and women. In a tweet, the UN mission noted that further casualties were anticipated.As hundreds of students took a practise test in preparation for an entrance exam for university admission, the bomber exploded.
According to the Taliban’s officials, 25 people were murdered and 33 others were injured in the attack.After the Taliban seized control of the country last year, a two-decade war against the Western-backed government came to an end, and there was a dramatic drop in bloodshed. However, security has started to deteriorate recently.
The organisation has frequently attempted to minimise protests against their authority since they are accused of neglecting to safeguard minorities.Following the incident on Friday, there were scattered demonstrations led by women in Kabul and other towns.
Taliban soldiers have frequently fired rounds into the air and battered protestors to disrupt the protests.Attacks on Hazaras have occurred often in Afghanistan.They have endured persecution for many years, being singled out by Daesh and the Taliban throughout their uprising against the former US-backed government.
Before the Taliban took back control in May of last year, three bombs detonated close to their school in Dasht-e-Barchi, killing at least 85 people, mostly girls, and injuring 300 more.
